Sir Francis Vernon Thomson, 1st Baronet

Sir Francis Vernon Thomson, GBE (10 February 1881 - 8 February 1953) was the first and last Baronet of Monken Hadley, Hertfordshire. The title was created in 1938.[1][2]

The Thomson family grave at City of Westminster Cemetery, Hanwell.

He was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Union-Castle Line after the end of the First World War. During World War II he was appointed as principal shipping advisor and controller of commercial shipping at the MoWT. After the war he returned to his old rôle at Union-Castle.[3]

He was a strict Methodist, a teetotaller and non-smoker and a lifelong bachelor.[3]

References
  1. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Francis_Vernon_Thomson
  2. Poel, Jean van der (2007-04-05). Selections from the Smuts Papers: Volume VII, August 1945-October 1950. ISBN 9780521033701.
  3. Damant, Henry (1977). Every Thursday at Four O'Clock. Weaving International Friendship Foundation.


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